A special pardon committee that convened in Moscow on Monday afternoon to discuss Naama Issachar’s request for a presidential pardon recommended that she be released.
If Putin approves the committee’s recommendation as expected, this will be the first time that a Russian president has ever granted a pardon to a foreign-citizen prisoner.
Following Naama Issachar’s official request for a pardon from Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, a special committee convened at 4 p.m. on Monday to consider the request, according to a report by Russian news agency TASS.
The announcement on the committee’s meeting came after Russian Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova supported Issachar’s pardon request.
Issachar was sentenced to 7.5 years of imprisonment after being caught with a small amount of marijuana in her luggage on a stopover in Moscow from India to Israel.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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I would say this is one lucky girl……if you carry and your caught you should be brave enough to handle your jail term……..what did Israel have to give into for this foolish young woman……not impressed at all…..now they will have to let the yeshiva boy off as well…..sad day when kids with drugs get a free run of the system
doesn’t Netanyahu always daven with a minyan ?
It seems there is chess game going on, and they decided to let of the pawns go home.
Play stupid games win stupid prizes!